Credo
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Seasons
SPRING
Stark Browns
Precede
Green hues
Erupting.
SUMMER
Sunlight drenches cosmos,
Golden viceroy perches,
Summer flies away.
AUTUMN
Neither spring, nor summer
Hath such grace
As I have seen
In one autumnal face.
WINTER
North Wind bellows cold
White pines bristle and shiver
Gold needles tumble.
Lac Beauchene
June 30, 1993
Tiny Drops
Passing time on a cruise
Dangling 6 miles high.
Entangled time currents
Chasing back and fro,
Past and present,
Lead me through a cylinder
In which the past recedes
With the distance traveled.
Alert to the magic
Of this dangling moment,
I gaze at space
And watch my thoughts
Tumble haphazardly
On the page.
Measurements of gravity
and the unconditional
nature of the moment,
set in space
to the light
of the sun,
its glimmer
on the water
and my eyes’
absorption;
The tiny drops of our passing existence
Move swiftly,
Sometimes slowly,
Always beyond our grasp.
Future is as future was,
leads to moments of growth
and ideas and big dreams,
and a very big sky.
The plane flies,
Billowy clouds stick like paste
On the white misty veil
That cloaks the earth below.
July 10, 1997
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… Stratus clouds disguise,
Ivory sheets hang
On chalky skies,
Incandescent.
Painters paint, Plein Air,
Artists on the pond.
Pigment splashes on canvas.
Land, air, light respond ...
Herb Wolf is a seasoned poet whose works are influenced by the raw beauty of Mother Nature. In his first collection of published poems written over a span of forty years, Wolf reflects on a variety of tangible themes and subjects that have defined his existence.
Within poems influenced by Robert Frost, Wallace Stevens, and many others, Wolf lyrically explores the passage of time as he entered and exited several decades of life as well as the not-so-forgotten memories surrounding fishing trips, experiences with family and friends, the deaths of loved ones, and decades spent with his soul mate, Lynne.
Credo is a volume of verse that leads others through one person’s experiences and reflections of a life well lived as he observes and perceives Mother Nature’s omnipotence.
About the Author
Herb Wolf is a contemporary artist who was born and raised in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. He earned a dual bachelor’s degree in business management and American literature from Juniata College. He also received a degree in French studies from the University of Grenoble in France where he lived for close to 3 years. He compiled The Houses of Worship in Frederick, MD: A 250 Year History of Frederick Churches, and has been writing poetry for over forty years.